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Grizz go head-to-head with the best at Ron Thon

Published by admin on Thu, 02/01/2024 - 10:05am

The Rocky Mountain Grizzlies went up against the best of the best at the all-class Ron Thon Memorial Tournament in Riverton Friday and Saturday, and while the Grizz didn’t have any placers, there were some positive results.
In the tough varsity tournament, sophomore standout Triffen Jolley pinned Brennan Baxter of Glenrock in 1:20 at 144 pounds after an opening-round loss, then was eliminated by Blake Edwards of Thunder Basin.

Grizz win seven in busy stretch of games

Published by admin on Thu, 02/01/2024 - 10:01am

Typical of middle school basketball, the Rocky Mountain Grizzlies played 10 games in five days over the past week, winning seven of the 10 contests.
The Grizzlies started the strong stretch with a sweep on Thursday. With a game Monday postponed due to illness, the Grizz eighth graders played at Powell Thursday and stopped the Panthers 30-21 behind 21 points from Mason Moss, who hit seven of nine shots from the field, including five of six shots from beyond the arc.

Lovell freshman squads fighting through busy schedule

Published by admin on Thu, 02/01/2024 - 9:56am

The Lovell freshman boys and girls basketball teams have been competing in several games recently.
The Lady Bulldogs split with Powell and Worland this week, falling short to the Lady Panthers 45-32 then dominated the Lady Warriors 47-18 at home on Tuesday.
Celeste Lindsay led the way against Powell, scoring 10 points in the contest. Hannity Felkins had 8 points, Kira Collins 5, Jenna Hessenthaler 4, Kindle Collins and Brooklin Clark 2 each and Kaydree Owens 1.

Rocky freshmen split with Burlington

Published by admin on Thu, 02/01/2024 - 9:53am

Taking on their intra-district rivals, Burlington, the Rocky Mountain freshman basketball squad split a pair of games with the Huskies Tuesday.
The Rocky boys beat Burlington at home in Cowley, 47-33, while the girls fell to the Lady Huskies in Burlington, 49-39.
The Grizz doubled up the Huskies in the first half at home, leading 22-11 at intermission, then edged Burlington 25-22 in the second half.
Joaquin Scheeler led Rocky with 17 points, and Rylan Stebner added 12, Kellan Jackson 8, Jacob Melton 6 and Jaxson Miller 4.

Bulldog wrestlers bring home medals from Moorcroft

Published by admin on Thu, 01/25/2024 - 10:16am

The Lovell Bulldogs traveled to Moorcroft Friday and Saturday to compete in the Dylan Humes Memorial Tournament.
“This is one of the toughest meets of the season,” said head wrestling coach Ty Hecker, explaining that the tournament brought in 2A, 3A, 4A and tough out-of-state competition. “I was very proud of the whole team. Everyone wrestled tough and have been doing the right things by showing up to practice and making weight,” Hecker added.
Out of 27 teams, the boys varsity team managed to pull off seventh place overall at the tournament.

Double weekend wins for the Lady Grizz

Published by admin on Thu, 01/25/2024 - 10:12am

The Rocky Mountain Lady Grizz fought for back-to-back wins against Greybull and Shoshoni on Friday and Saturday. Head coach Justin Moss said that it was obvious all week in practice that the girls were locked in again and ready to play a strong game going into conference play.
The Lady Grizz started off strong at Greybull Friday with junior Brittly Boettcher hitting a three-pointer from the top of the key and another jumper from the right wing early in the game, Moss said. While Boettcher got the game started, the defense kept the game going.

Late comebacks plague Grizz in conference losses

Published by admin on Thu, 01/25/2024 - 10:11am

By David Peck
There were times of strong basketball during the two conference openers for the Rocky Mountain Grizzlies – but just not enough of them, coach Pat Winland said, as the Grizzlies dropped a pair of games to Greybull and Shoshoni.
In both games, the Grizz were neck and neck with their opponent after three quarters, then faded in the fourth, falling at Greybull Friday night, 42-35, and at home to Shoshoni Saturday afternoon, 50-38.

Lady Bulldogs begin conference with victory

Published by admin on Thu, 01/25/2024 - 10:09am

The Lovell Lady Bulldogs survived a nail-biter 44-38 win on Friday night in Johnny Winterholler Gymnasium over the Worland Lady Warriors to start off 1-0 in conference play.
“Although it wasn’t the prettiest basketball game, I’m happy we were able to pull off the win and managed to be the team with the least number of turnovers,” Lovell head coach Chris Edwards said.
Worland struck first to go up 2-0, but Lovell quickly answered back with a steal by Libby Mickelson, who dished it off to Kenadee Rael in transition for a layup the other way.

Grizzly grapplers pick up some wins at tough Moorcroft tournament

Published by admin on Thu, 01/25/2024 - 10:07am

Competing at one of the largest annual meets in the state, the Rocky Mountain Grizzlies won several matches at the Dylan Humes Memorial Mixer in Moorcroft over the weekend.
The Grizzly boys earned 16 points in the 27-team varsity field that included the likes of Sheridan, Thunder Basin, Casper Kelly Walsh and Campbell County High School.

Bulldogs survive rough third to stop Worland

Published by admin on Thu, 01/25/2024 - 10:05am

By David Peck
The Lovell Bulldogs played three quarters of strong basketball and suffered through one quarter of scary ball as they opened conference play at home against the Worland Warriors Friday at Winterholler Gym.
Perhaps inspired by their first home game of the season, the Bulldogs broke out of the starting gate with gusto and lead the Warriors 15-8 at the end of the first quarter behind 7 points from Parker Anderson and 5 from Owen Walker.